Marilyn Traynor, LCSW

Marilyn Traynor is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Illinois with 40 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing depression, anxiety, grief, anger, and major life transitions. She also focuses on issues like caregiver stress, chronic illness, and challenges that often appear in midlife and later years.

Her work is straightforward and practical. Sessions look at what is happening now and what patterns keep repeating. She helps people learn coping skills and clearer ways to communicate when feelings run high. Practical strategies are paired with space to talk through painful events and losses.

Marilyn uses a mix of familiar approaches to fit different problems. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice their values and take small actions that matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify thinking patterns that fuel stress and anger. Attachment-based ideas inform work on relationship and intimacy concerns.

Clients working with her often bring multiple issues at once - career strain, family conflict, substance concerns, and long-term health problems. She helps sort priorities so goals feel manageable. The focus is on building skills people can use after sessions end.

Her experience includes supporting people with trauma and abuse, addiction, parenting challenges, and complex grief. Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm and increase practical problem solving. Those interested in starting are asked to follow the site’s steps to match and schedule a first visit.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions